Were Benghazi Survivors Silenced? Obama Vows Inquiry Into Claims

President Obama said he is unaware of longstanding efforts by Republican lawmakers to question survivors of the Benghazi attacks but pledged to investigate the issue.

“I’m not familiar with this notion that anybody has been blocked from testifying,” the president said during a White House news conference on Tuesday. “So what I’ll do is I will find out what exactly you’re referring to.”

Obama’s pledge to find out more came as officials at the State Department pushed back against allegations — first aired Monday on Fox News — that career employees at the agency have been threatened if they furnish new information about the Benghazi attacks to members of Congress.